Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) embarks on a final, desperate mission to overthrow the Authority — and save Bill (Stephen Moyer) from losing his humanity. Andy (Chris Bauer) faces the consequences of a light pact he made; Alcide (Joe Manganiello) readies for a second showdown with J.D. (Louis Herthum); Sam (Sam Trammell) and Luna (Janina Gavankar) test their limits in trying to escape the Authority.

TRUE BLOOD

Today, 9 p.m., HBO

Hot summer ‘Night’

Nothing says summer like a Tennessee Williams movie. His characters live in sultry locales, like the New Orleans of “Streetcar Named Desire,” the Gulf Coast town in “Sweet Bird of Youth” and the plantation in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” Williams went south of the border for his play “Night of the Iguana,” which ran on Broadway with Bette Davis and Margaret Leighton. In the 1964 movie, director John Huston replaced them with Ava Gardner and Deborah Kerr, as the two women, one sensuous and and one ascetic, in the life of a defrocked minister, Shannon (Richard Burton). They all wind up in a ramshackle motel in Puerto Vallarta after Shannon, reduced to being a tour guide to some church ladies, hides the distributor cap on the old school bus they’re riding around in after he makes an improper advance on a minor (Sue Lyon). Her closeted guardian (Oscar-nominated Grayson Hall) wants to crucify him. The photography is gorgeous. Burton overacts wonderfully. Kerr delivers her undergarments monologue with poise. But, as Maxine, a sexy widow stuck in the middle of nowhere, this is Gardner’s show.

Well, all the speeches are over — for now, at least. “The Newsroom” is done for the season. In the beginning, the critics hated the show (and turned on its creator, Aaron Sorkin), but how about audiences? Did they buy the romantic comedy shoehorned into debates on television news? In tonight’s episode, Nina Howard (Hope Davis) surprises Mac (Emily Mortimer) with a damning revelation; Sloan (Olivia Munn) weighs a new job offer; Will (Jeff Daniels), Mac and Charlie (Sam Waterston) face off with network owner Leona (Jane Fonda) and Reese (Chris Messina) during a tense lunch meeting.

THE NEWSROOM

Today, 10 p.m., HBO

The scarlet ‘A’

With Garrett’s trial for Maya’s (Bianca Lawson) murder starting, the town of Rosewood has become a media spectacle. At odds with her friends over Paige, Emily (Shay Mitchell) doesn’t know where to turn when the media attention becomes too much for her. “A” sees this as a perfect opportunity and takes advantage of the situation and sends Aria, Emily, Hanna (Ashley Benson, center) and Spencer (Troian Bellisario, right) on a path to a possible truce. But is “A’s” peace offering real or just a trap for a much darker ending? Meanwhile, Aria (Lucy Hale), Emily, Hanna and Spencer are betrayed as someone very close to them is revealed as part of the “A” team.

PRETTY LITTLE LIARS

Tuesday, 8 p.m., ABC Family

San Diego overhaul

Gordon Ramsay checks into the struggling Keating Hotel in San Diego, Calif. Located in the city’s iconic Gaslamp Quarter, the Keating is a 35-room boutique hotel in debt. The owner looks to Ramsay to help him turn the hotel around. The blond chef immediately sees issues with the cold and pretentious décor, room service, laundry service and with the hotel’s restaurant, MerK Bistro. Ramsay confronts the owner and his staff and realizes that the issues lie with the owner. Will the owner swallow his pride and agree to the changes Ramsay suggests?